Pharmaceutical industry

Solve many packaging tasks flexibly and reliably

Pharmaceutical applications demand high reliability, compact enclosures, minimal measuring tolerances and the ability to flexibly integrate sensors into a system. Along with these requirements come a variety of tasks. From positioning to feeding to joining and marking to sealing liquid or solid materials. At the same time the sensors need to handle many different kinds of packaging including ampules, bottles, cans or blister packs, with consistent quality of course.

Detecting, counting and packaging tablets

The solution

Our BOH photoelectrical sensor head is a modular system consisting of an emitter and receiver. It allows you to individually adapt the distance and size of the downcomer. The tablets are reliably detected and counted as they are packaged in tins.

Checking the blister pack contents

The solution

When several monitoring functions are required at the same time or in quick succession, a BVS vision sensor from Balluff is the right choice. It can be flexibly adapted to your processes and changes can even be made in-process. Therefore, all you need is a single sensor to reliably monitor your production.

Precise cutting and punching of blisters

The solution

Contrast sensors ensure fast and secure print mark detection. This is important, among other things, for monitoring the position of printing templates and synchronizing cutting processes. This is the only way you can cut and punch precisely and maintain fast and safe production with a high quality result

Seal monitoring

The solution

Filling involves monitoring the height and diameters of bottles. This is done using the high-resolution BLA light array. First, the BLA detects the width of the bottle neck and compares it with previously taught-in values. Second, the correct cap is selected. Then another light array checks, based on the bottle height, whether the cap is sitting flush on the bottle.